νηέω
neeo
heap, pile up
Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νηέω, Dor. νᾱέω, older form of νέω (c), A. heap, pile up, ἐπʼ αὐτῶν νήησαν ξύλα πολλά Od. 19.64; of a funeral pile, μενοεικέα νήεον ὕλην Il. 23.139; περὶ δὲ δρατᾲ σώματα νήει ib.169; πῦρ τʼ εὖ νηῆσαι Od. 15.322; also ἐπʼ ἀπήνης νήεον . . ἀπερείσιʼ ἄποινα heaped a huge ransom, Il. 24.276; νήεον αὐτόθι βωμόν piled it up, 1.403:—in Med., πυρὰν ναήσατʼ 3.33: fut. νηήσεται in pass. sense, H. 2.216. II. pile, load, νηήσας εὖ νῆας Il. 9.358:—in Med., νῆα ἅλις χρυσοῦ ... νηησάσθω let him pile his ship with gold enough, ib.137, cf. 279. [Sts. corrupted to νηνέω, q.v.]
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